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al-Aswad ibn Ya'fur

الأسود بن يعفر

A jahili poet of Najran, author of the celebrated elegy for the house of Muharriq opening 'what can I hope for after the house of Muharriq left their dwellings, and after Iyad', in which he named the folk of al-Khawarnaq, al-Sadir, Marib and the palace of Sindad 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Al-Aswad ibn Ya'fur, a pre-Islamic poet from Najran, author of the well-known ode lamenting the family of Muharraq. In it he mentions the people of al-Khawarnaq and al-Sadir, Ma'rib and the palace of Sindad. 2

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  1. Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing) , p. 229
  2. Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing) , p.229
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